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Internment camps for Japanese Americans in Arizona relied on same 1798 law Trump invoked for deportations, the Alien Enemies Act

WASHINGTON – The 1798 law President Donald Trump dusted off to justify the swift deportation of Venezuelan gang members hadn’t been invoked since World War II – when it was used to justify internment camps for Japanese Americans. More than 100,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were forced from their homes. Two of the camps were […]

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